Observations over the General Milley Episode

 1.  Once he decided that he would 'save' America....he went off his oath to the position he held.

2.  The chatter of the China telephone call?  If proven, on that alone....he can be stripped of rank and retirement.

3.  Taking control of the National Military Command Center?  Once this is laid out....I suspect the NMCC will be removed from the Pentagon entirely.

4.  Milley committing suicide by early 2022?  I'd give it better than 70-percent odds.  

5.  Chief question to be asked now of Milley....if he senses President Biden is out-of-control....will he also take power in that situation?  If I were Biden....this would be on my mind every single morning....wondering if Milley has taken control today or not.  

6.  The longer that Biden or the Democrats do nothing?  It creates an enormous wave to fire most of the military leadership in 2023 as the new House leadership (Republicans) arrive.  It wouldn't even shock me if a new strategy arrives where half the four-star generals are dismissed, and the new crowd are limited to three-star rank only.  

7.  A basic coup?  If you go back to the old history of Turkey....up until Erdogan....these military-general coups were common-place....always to 'save' Turkey from the evils of politics.  It's a carbon-copy of that era.  

8.  If Milley and the Democrats think this can just be survived?  Well....by January of 2023.....things will have brewed enough that various House hearings will be held, with charges drawn up and Milley (probably with forty-odd officers within the Pentagon) will be drawn to hearings and face utter contempt.  

9.  Every member of the NMCC?  They basically have done enough crap to lose their clearances as a minimum.....if you were a person of authority....probably your career is finished entirely.

10.  So to House Speaker Pelosi.....the fact that Milley had various conversations with her....probably puts her days as the Speaker in jeopardy as well.  Fear sweeping around the Democrats in the House that this whole Milley-thing adds an unknown burden to their election campaigns in 2022?  Yeah, and I would suggest that some of them will ask for Pelosi to step down as speaker, and perhaps even resign from the House entirely.  

In simple terms....you've got some 5th-grader kid who pretended his way up to four-star general, and he has the maturity level of a 12-year old kid (at best).